Inkjet printed basketball backboard (click to enlarge!)

This crystal clear imprint on this piece of glass (small version of a basketball backboard) was created using the Mimaki UJF-605CII Flatbed Inkjet Printer.

This inkjet printed glass was done in two parts; printing the colored logo first, then overprinting with white in order to make the artwork more opaque. We also printed the solid white stripe as an example of how the lines would look.

Since the impact of the basketball would eventually wear out an imprint we decided to print on the back on the board were the glass gives the impression that the print is on the front.

Before printing, Paul our Mimaki expert, started off by wiping the glass backboard down with our Glass Activator (Specially developed in our ICN Laboratory…) to get extra adhesion to the glass.

The two different printing jobs for the logo only took about 2 minutes each! And you can see that the Mimaki did a great job; the resolution and quality is excellent! Another great news is that the cost of ink for printing the logo was only 24 cents.

This piece of inkjet printed glass doesn’t represent a full size basketball backboard since the maximum printing width of the machine is about 23″. However, we do have another inkjet printer, the Mimiaki JF-1630, capable of printing on objects up to 10 feet wide – the largest basketball backboards on the market are 6 feet long!

For more information about any of our flatbed Inkjet Printers feel free to give us a call at 978-646-8980.

Printer used in this project:
Type: UV Flatbed Inkjet Printer
Brand:Mimaki
Model: UJF-605CII
Standard applications: coasters, pens, cases, flasks…
Unconventional applications: 3-D paper calendars, crocs, cell phones, leather binder…
More info: Mimaki Inkjet Printer Page

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